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for better or worse

for better or worse prepositional phrase: no matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).

Prepositional phrase

  1. No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).
    • For better or worse, he’s the president.
    • Fewer experts are confidently predicting that we have years or even decades to prepare for a wave of world-changing A.I.; many now believe that major changes are right around the corner, for better or worse.2022 August 24, Kevin Roose, “We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

for better or worse meaning in Vietnamese

for better or worse in Vietnamese

No matter what the future may hold
dù tốt hay xấu

Forms of for better or worse

alternative formfor better, for worse
alternative formfor better or for worse

Origin of for better or worse

A traditional Christian marriage vow.

Questions about for better or worse

What does for better or worse mean?
For better or worse means no matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).
What is for better or worse in Vietnamese?
For better or worse in Vietnamese is dù tốt hay xấu. See For better or worse meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is for better or worse?
For better or worse is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for better or worse in the dictionary

  1. for as long as one can remember
  2. for beans
  3. for because
  4. for best
  5. for better or for worse
  6. for better or worse
  7. for better, for worse
  8. for Britain
  9. for cause
  10. for certain
  11. for cheap

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